Mine detail: Serra De Jacobina Gold Deposits

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Location

Lat / long:

-11.18115, -40.5156

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Uranium
Ore:	Biotite, Chlorite, Gold, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartzite, Uraninite
Orebody form:	VEIN, IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1650

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	PRODUCTION ENDED 1950

Geology

Host rock:	Jacobina Series, Metasediments
Host type:	Quartzite,Conglomerate
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	North-South Contact Of Mid-Precambrian Granite With The Jacobina Sediments, East-West Faults Cut Across And Offsets The Deposit.
Tectonic:	Precambrian Shield

References

MRDS	W002127
DEP	10068858
Reference	{Deposit:: RIDGE, J.D., 1972, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE}{Deposit:: WHITE, M.G., 1964, URANIUM AT MORRO DO VENTO SERRA DE JACOBINA, BRAZIL, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1185-A}
Reporter	Warfle, Thomas M.